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*This will disable radeon driver and boot into runlevel 3. SU to get root, run mkinitrd to make sure radeon stays blacklisted.

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*(Comment) in case the above method does not help, you may try add to /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf the following line

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blacklist radeon

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*(Comment) Either way, when your linux booted, you should check whether the radeon kernel module is not loaded, run

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lsmod | grep radeon

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if nothing comes up you are good to go

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*cd to directory where proprietary "amd-driver-installer" is,

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type:

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sh amd-driver-installer-*.run

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*install default (do not generate distibution package)

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*verify /usr/share/ati fglrx-install.log, at the end of the file you should see "build succeeded with return value 0 duplicating results into driver repository...done.

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*in terminal type:

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aticonfig --initial -f

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*then run:

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/sbin/shutdown -r now

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===To Uninstall===

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Open terminal,SU to get root,type:

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sh /usr/share/ati/amd-uninstall.sh

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==Video Playback==

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Add Packman Repositories

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*Open YAST

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*Open Software Source,Click add,From URL

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*and add this url http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_12.1

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*This will provide extra packages for video playback and other stuff

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Good luck,

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winglman

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knowledge is free so share it!

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== ==

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===OpenSuSE 11.0 & 11.1 The Easy Way===

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*There is a one click installer available [http://en.opensuse.org/ATI_Driver_HOWTO#1-click_install_for_openSUSE_11.1.2C_11.0_and_10.3] for both of these OS's, this will give you access to a working ATi driver however it may not be the latest one available.

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EDIT: This is currently not working. ATi Repository is down for OpenSUSE.

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===OpenSuSE 11.0 & 11.1 With The Latest Driver===

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You can easily install the latest versions of the ATi driver on OpenSuSE 11.0+.

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*Download The Latest ATi Driver.

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*Log in as Root using su

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*Install some dependencies with: '''zypper in kernel-source gcc make patch''' ''(I think, this needs more documentation & explanation in and of itself)''